Irwin Redlener speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative
I was honored to speak at the opening session of the 2023 Clinton Global Initiative on the importance of addressing children's needs as part of Ukraine's long-term recovery.
Fighting the Good and Seemingly Endless Fight
Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall as a CAT 3, Now a CAT 1
Joan Baez in Ukraine: A New Voice of Hope
It was our 5th trip to Ukraine. But this time, we traveled with legendary singer/ social activist Joan Baez. This was no coincidence. Fast forward to our most recent trip to a country at war, where there is fierce combat in the east and, for the most part, in western Ukraine, people living in some of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
Use Diplomacy to End the Nuclear Arms Race
China’s decision to grow its nuclear weapons arsenal to be on a par with or potentially more advanced than that of the U.S. could not be worse news. I fear that the danger of an intentional or inadvertent launch of global nuclear war will soon be greater than it was when the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 put us on the brink of a nuclear apocalypse.
Remembering Harry Belafonte’s Commitment to Social Activism: ‘This Is a Pure Legacy’
Delivery of school buses to the devastated region of Chernihiv
Crew Race to Rescue Survivors After Deadly Earthquakes
The Children in Ukraine and How Americans Can Help
Children are in trouble, and they need our help now. The Russian ground invasion and incessant artillery shelling have already caused the largest forced migration of civilians in Europe since the second WW II. No matter what other critical issues are demanding our attention, we must not forget how much Putin’s brutal war on Russian expansionism is harming Ukraine’s children and – the very future of Ukraine itself.